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Emory University in conjunction
with Drepung Loseling Monastery
Present
My Spiritual Journey as the
First Female Geshe: A Talk by
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo
Drepung Loseling Monastery
Saturday, October 5, 4:30-6:00 pm
Free and open to the public
(registration required)
To register for this talk, click here |
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| In this talk by Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Geshe-ma will explore the path that took her from being a Western woman growing up in Germany to becoming the world’s first female Geshe living in Dharamsala and studying at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics (IBD). Her extraordinary journey has been an inspiration to Western students of Emory Tibetan studies programs in Dharamsala for years, and now for the first time Geshe-ma’s visit to Atlanta will allow the larger community to connect with her amazing story. This will be an opportunity to learn from an advanced scholar of Tibetan Buddhism and wonderful teacher with a wholly unique perspective, with time for questions and answers from members of the audience. |
| Geshe Kelsang Wangmo was born Kerstin Brummenbaum in Cologne, Germany. After college, she traveled to Israel, Japan, and India. She took ordination as a Buddhist nun in 1992, and two years later joined IBD. The first foreign woman to attend this institution, she has studied the full range of Buddhist philosophy under the guidance of senior faculty. The Institute often calls on her as a translator and an English instructor for IBD students. She gives various teachings at the Institute for Western students and has received many teachings and initiations from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other High Lamas. She is the first woman in history to ever receive a Geshe degree. |
For the Tibetan Studies Program through Emory University, she will be the chief instructor of our Buddhist Philosophy course, a position she has held since 2006. |
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Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc.
1781 Dresden Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319 • center@drepung.org • (404) 982-0051 |
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